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Re: muscle soreness in legs -- off Glucophage -- insulin levels normal...From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 20 Feb 2002 00:02:07 -0600 (CST)
At Wed, 13 Jun 2001, SusieQ wrote: > >Hi Terry, > >I have a question for you: how do you know you had lactic acidosis? >Lactic acidosis is a life threatening and immediate emergency...you >could need dialysis if it lasted more than a few days. > >What about potassium? Metformin inhibits the absorbtion of food and >nutrients, so having low potassium could have been causing your leg >pain. I also get the same horrible cramps if I don't eat plenty of >potassium rich foods (there are also potassium supplements). Did your >doc mention this to you? > >You were on a fairly low dose of met. Were the normal insulin levels >recorded when you were on the met, or off? It may have been working for >your insulin, just causing some malabsorbtion. This is just mvvho, I >hope you find an answer that will help you. > >luck and love, SusieQ > >>Hello, >> >>A few questions: has anyone had to go off Glucophage (I was on 500mg >>2x/day for 2.5 years) due to the muscle soreness caused by the >>supposedly rare lactic acid build up? And then had normal insulin >>levels? And if you were put on another medicaiton what did you go on? >>It's a relief to longer have the excruciating leg pain, but I'm >>wondering if my insulin levels will stay down and if they do, does that >>mean I no longer have PCOS?
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